This was not a “racist” incident. Islam is not a race, and Muslims are of all races. But that is how the UK government and establishment media have consistently approached it, so the confusion is understandable.
Also, the woman was almost certainly not wearing a burqa, but rather a niqab. The UK media constantly confuse and conflate the two.
In any case, this incident shows that everyone in Britain knows who the new masters are. If the gas station had asked the Muslima to remove her face veil, it would have been charged with “Islamophobia” and possibly even closed down. Not worth the risk.
“Motorbike instructor accused Shell garage of ‘racism’ after he was told to remove his helmet… while ‘woman in burka filled-up petrol next to him,'” by Jessica Green, Mailonline, August 11, 2018 (thanks to Paul):
A motorbike instructor has slammed a garage for ‘racism’ after he was allegedly told to remove his open face helmet – while a woman in a burka filled up next to him.
Liam Bradley, 48, claims he was filling up his bike at the Shell garage at the Three Arches Spar shop in Blackburn, Lancashire, on Wednesday when a message appeared on the LCD screen demanding he remove his helmet.
Despite being annoyed that his face was showing as he wore an open face helmet and having used the station ‘hundreds’ of times, Liam obliged.
However the instructor was left furious when he realised a lady in a burka was allegedly being allowed to fill up unchallenged at the same time.
Taking to Facebook to vent his frustration, Liam branded the different treatment as ‘racism at work in Britain’, urging people to share it so as to not ‘let them get away with it’.
The post quickly went viral with more than 6,000 likes, comments and shares.
The shop to which the Shell garage is attached have claimed they believe the woman was wearing a hijab – which is open face in the same way that Liam’s helmet is – however both Shell and Spar have yet to comment on the row.
Liam said: ‘It was just by chance [that the debate regarding burkas was going on at the moment].
‘It just annoyed me basically. The main reason it annoyed me is because it is a petrol station I’ve used hundreds of times because we work in the area.
‘I had an open face helmet so people could see my identity. The lady behind the till has served me on hundreds of occasions.
‘And yet there was a lady there wearing a burka filling up.
‘I could understand it if I was there with a full face helmet on, on a dodgy looking bike, sat there on the back with the engine running while filling up – could totally understand that.
‘But not when I have put thousands of pounds through that station over the years. I have not been asked to remove my helmet before.’
Liam, who was riding his Yamaha Tracer 900 bike, claims it was the first time he has ever been asked to remove his helmet while filling up in all his three years as an instructor.
After the years of loyal custom to the garage, Liam claims he and his other instructors will now be buying their petrol elsewhere….
PRCS says
“Also, the woman was almost certainly not wearing a burqa, but rather a niqab. The UK media constantly confuse and conflate the two.”
As do their politicians.
Makes as much sense as calling Muslims—Asians.
When they say “ban the burqa”, one has to wonder what they’re talking about.
CogitoErgoSum says
They are talking about a garment that covers the hair and almost all of the face except for some small slits for the eyes.
PRCS says
Thanks for your post, CES.
The problem: they erroneously label a niqab as a “burqa”.
As a garment, a burqa is all encompassing.
But not as a label.
rory says
And it covers the moustache.
dan christensen says
Most politicians of the UK wear a mental niqab; with the slit in the back of the head.
PRCS says
Note, too: the motorcyclist said “burqa” and labeled the incident “racism”.
Wonder if he thinks jihadists are “extremists”.
Bob says
The incident was racist. Had he have been anything but white, he would not have been asked to remove the helmet. And yes, jihadists are extremists
CogitoErgoSum says
We are moving toward a society in which every person will be required to present an ID card and then undergo a verification process such as a thumbprint or retinal scan before being allowed to receive any kind of service.
jayell says
“,,,,,And yet there was a lady there wearing a burka filling up……”.
‘LADY’????
Phill Violette says
How do you know it wasn’t a man?
I saw someone? wearing that full covering, face included shoplifting, stuffing goods under their covering.
JH says
Yet again proving that although it is against the Magna Carta Law, there are at least 2 different laws in this country and the Brits are getting shafted out of our own country.
What are the snowflakes doing? on their games
gravenimage says
UK: Gas station forces motorcyclist to remove his helmet while Muslima in niqab filled up next to him
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Ludicrous–especially because his helmet allowed his face to be seen–and because wearing a motorcycle helmet is to to be expected at a filling station.
But we’ve seen similar things at airports, where respectable-looking Infidels are given full searches, while obvious Muslims–including those in Burqas–are waived through.
somehistory says
Probably there will be more like him. And more burka wearing in the days ahead.
KWJ says
The word is discrimination not racism. If she was wearing an open-face hijab then that’s no different than his helmet. A niqab is worse just showing eyes. I have seen photos of women in London with burkas which mostly come from Afghanistan. Both niqabs and burkas creep me out. I have no desire to communicate with people whose facial expressions I can’t see. I see it as dehumanizing.
I don’t think religious reasons should trump security, any legal photos, vaccines, and a lot of the weird demands we hear from Muslims.
DHazard says
What if you’re an overweight middle aged white accountant who deeply feels that he is a conservative Muslim woman? He has both gender AND religious identity issues. You must not trigger this “special” man. Don’t even think that the law should be equally applied. When a woman, or Muslim is the victim or perpetrator, the “equality factor” automatically increases their victim status, which in turn is reflected in their punishment or their assailants punishment. Add in the transgender bonus points and any offense is nullified and any award is tripled.
David says
Equality.
Ren says
UK doesn’t make any sense anymore.
A_M_Swallow says
For many years banks in the UK have required motorbike helmets to be removed. They were getting robbed by people wearing them. Sounds like this rule has been extended to petrol stations.
Carol the 1st says
I wonder if it has as much to do with plugging them in the brain with a bullet as with identifying them.
A_M_Swallow says
No. This is Britain neither bank guards nor petrol station staff are armed.
A_M_Swallow says
p.s. They do have security cameras that take pictures of people’s faces.
LytchZam says
A couple of years ago, I was coerced into doing business with Bank of America (ok, it was my own dang fault – the loan turned out to be through them). So, I’m in line and this woman…(I think it was a woman – who could tell?) came in wearing a burka – the whole getup – eyes somewhat visible through a gun-slit covered with mesh – and sat down in the lobby. She… he? zee??? could have had a whole armory in there, who would know until too late? Frankly, it made me a bit nervous. Who was that person? Could I have gone in with a Joker mask claiming to be from the Church of the Dark Knight and gotten away with that? I hope not, but then, why can anyone else?
Marken says
Listen, it is best for us to exclusively use common English words to describe Mohammadan clothing styles, niqab, burrqa, why? ‘Cloth bag with slits’ , ‘hair mask’, ‘body length hefty bags’, no confusion, problem solved.
gravenimage says
I think we need know the Islamic terms, even though they are disgusting. We have to know just what we are up against.
simpleton1 says
A good point Marken, We need a common easy English word that encompasses the hidden face of a supposed muslim female.
Simply a shroud, no matter what fancy fashion word is used.
If the hat fits, then wear it.
If the shroud fits, then they are wearing it!
I do take your point graven image, in part in knowing what they ;may be meaning in Arabic terms.
However it is muslims moving into Western Civilization, and then expecting Western people to adjust.
Carol the 1st says
It’s a pretty symbolic issue so we should learn for the sake of dialogue:
H is for Headscarf/HIJAB – face visible. We’ll likely get stuck with this indefinitely (since we allow turbans, saris etc.) If all muslimas settled for this simpler headgear the issue probably wouldn’t loom quite so large.
N is for Neck/NIQAB – face covered, only eyes visible. Covers more of upper chest and hair.
B is for Bodybag/BURQA – covers face, eyes, and extremities. Not seen very often in the West.
Older Canadian says
My concern is, how do you know there is a woman under that, and what else is under that costume. At a gas station, an airport, scary thought, in fact seen anywhere close by is a tad unsettling. Being not naive is not being a bigot or a racist, its being informed.
Lydia Church says
Just for the hellovit, I would go back one more time, with the helmet on, and refuse to take it off if asked, and make an issue out of that request on the spot, citing ‘motorcyclophobia’!
Eur says
British motorcyclists should create their own religion: create pressure groups, run over pedestrians, stab passers-by, put bombs on trains and buses … perhaps in that way they would have the same consideration as Muslims.
David says
How about buying petrol whilst wearing a black hood? You could say it is for religious reasons.
Death Artifex says
In mississauga ontario at dundas and hurontario area, the burka wearing women, and there are lots, are taliban wives from afghanistan. Afgn 4 life is a local phrase for active taliban. They have upto 4 wives because with the burka no one can tell which wife it is. The Ontario government under the liberals acknowledges polygamy if certified by the foreign country, and groper in chief justin trudwau of the federal liberals also acknowledges foreign polygamy for immigration purposes. This means that one man brings 4 women into the country, breeding like rabbits on welfare or dissabillity and collecting enormous amounts of money from welfare because of th massive number of children. The men get the best little girls (as young as 9) since the girl who is married to a canadian can chain migrate her entire clan as soon as she is a citizen, which the moozlims are que jumped and prioritized. The taliban men are not discriminated at all, and get priority if they cut a deal. This comes from the landlords of the apartment buildings around dundas and hurontario. There are the Somali women who put thier girls in their headgear coming to thier waist almost at birth, but at least the face is open. There afe many women wearing niqab, which is just the headscarf pulled over the face leaving the eyes open. The burkas that they wear there have a mesh that they look through. The niqab and burqa should not be allowed to drive because the niqab reduces peripheral vision and the burqa wearing women are looking through a mesh.
In Windsor Ontario, there was a wamted man that was running around in a burqa and the video showed him taking the burka off as soon as he got into restaurants. Google windsor ontario wanted burka and the articles will come up.
Active taliban in Canada calling for full sharia. Justin Trudea’s MP tried to get parallel sharia law for family court and almost succeeded in Ontario. Children’s Aid won’t even take a report on a muslim family and threaten you with criminal charges from the police when you try PEEL REGION CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY. Bachi Bazi from the afghanistan culture has an exploding male victim of sexual assault epidemic and the police and media are covering it up, just like Britain, because it is islamophobic to interfere with a taliban leaders sexual emergency, and they have been warned by the police at mosques and other places that underage infidel girls (it still goes on, but they are warned that public outcry and mandatory reporting laws by absolutely everyone makes girls harder to cover up) so they releave thier sexual emergencies with the boys. Our society still blames boys for being raped, but it is a double political correctness because you dont want to be homophobic or islamophobic.
I was floored when a landlord told me that there were several taliban men who were refugees because they were “gay” and afgn sharia it is a death penalty, and they were laughing because they only ever sooddoomized pre and early pubescent boys which is pederacy … the government knew that it was bachi bazi and used it to expedite thier immigration on the basis of “bi sexuality”. Immigration Canada knew it was a joke, but it allows the muzzie lover agenda of bringing over taliban in a very expedited way, and skipping regular immigration ques, health checks, and they get immidiate housing for all thier wives and children, with all the trimmings.
Canada is doomed because they already have a battle tested group of taliban soldiers congregated.
Asqa Purvez was from that neighbourhood, and the honor violence in that neighbourhood was so common. The large intersection to her home was dundas and hurontario if you want to look at google maps.
I do admit my story is anecdotal, and based on 1 neighbourhood, and the landlords, teachers, doctors, dentists, and neighbours stories since I didn’t associate with the afgn or taliban or al shabaab, or boko haram in the neighbourhood. The women were wearing black tents and even gloves in our summer and every attempt to be polite was returned with threats from men with beards wearing dresses and sandals with what i would normally say was a jewish kippa. Asqa Purvez didnt surprise any of us as they took over. My family moved out a shortwhile after that incident.